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June 6th, 2014, 8am

Our longest day of driving yet, June 5, was also the day of our accident. We decided to drive as long as we could through Missouri. We made it past St. Louis, but couldn’t last as long as Kansas City. We stopped in Columbia, MO for the night in a Walmart parking lot. We almost weren’t allowed to stay: though many Walmarts allow overnight parking for travelers, some cities have issues with this and pass ordinances against it. Although the security guard was initially telling us the city didn’t allow overnight parking, the manager of the Walmart gave an opposite response: he valued overnight travelers as customers. We were able to catch some sleep after a long and stressful day.